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,. .ftDKMOCIIATIC N lOlaTlCfct i'ttttlfl IN LITKltATUIttfli AND lUlOOlUCHrtlVK IN SOUTHERN INTKIIK8TH.BY A. M. BURNEY & CO.MCMINNVIKLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1881.VOL. II.-NO. 11.SEWS AND NOTES.1 Suiiimnrjr of. Important Events.Sitting-Bull is reported to bo again- on iho war-path.Tint WhittAcr Court-martial convened at'cw Yoik on the 20th.. Tiik consolidation of tho Union andOnlr.'l 1'nciiic Uailroads Is again rumored inlinu.icial circles.. IThe Oklahoma colonists at Caldwellhave Unuiiy broken camp and departed invarious directions.Mr. AV, II. Gakdner, of tho Louis-vjHIo (Ivy.) Sunday Aiyun, died at Socorrowdox., tin the loth.: Tut! UotWo Comrnitiou on Post-officesandTbst -roads will report unanimously infavor of tho bill Introduced by lleprosentativo Spriiier establishing, a postal telegraphservice, under the control of tho Governmeat,' 'The Chilian army of invasion occupiedLima, Hie capital of -Peru, 'on the 7th. Aftertheir signal defeat at both Sliratlores and(horillos, tho Peruvians made no furthereffort to May Iho advance of tho invadingurmy,ANOTnr.it pnrty of exiled GermanSocialists, thirteen in number, from Altona.arrived in New York on the Wli. They hadonly throe day In which, to make preparations for their departure, and as a conseiuenco ino.-t of them were compelled toleavo their families behind them, havingtily; cnougji money to pay their own passage. ..ddixjonal Senatorial elections, boldon the l!Hh, resulted as follows: New Jcrey (iencral Scwell, licpublican; Ohio.John Shormen.'ltcpublictin; West VirginiaJohnson M. Camden, Democrat; Wisconin Plulutus M. Sawyer, licpublican. TheLegislatures of Nebraska, Pennsylvania andTt'mifco took a number of ballots withoutdecisive results.A MKMOitiAt, signed by every Republican member of tlm Ohio General Assembly, recommending Governor Foster fora position in the Cabinet under the new regime, has been forwarded to Gen. GarQcld.Governor poster and his most intimatefriends, it is said, were not consulted in thismatter, and t.remuebcha,'rincd at what theyterm this "work of ill-advised friends."! Ax unprecedented snow-storm occurred throughout Great P.ritain on the 19th,completely blocking railway trallic andcausing great damage to property. In London tho gravest Inconvenience resultedpun the stoppage of omnibuses and cabs,and nearly all business was suspended. Aheavy gale likewise prevailed, causing greatdamage to shipping and the docks. Thotide in the Thames was the highest everknown.Senatorial elections held in variousStates on the 18th resulted in choiee of thofollowing: Connecticut Joseph It. HawIcy, liepublicau; ltelaw are 'fliomas P. Hayard, Democrat, re-elected; Indiana llcnjamin Harrison, Republican; Maine EugeneHale, Republican; Massachusetts HenryL. Dawes, Republican, re-elected ; MichiganOmarD. Conger, Republican; MinnesotaS. J. R. McMillan, Republican, re-elected;Missouri Francis M. Cockrcll, Democrat,re-elected; New York Thomas C. Piatt,Republican.Thrhe different reports have beensubmitted by the Congressional members ofthe Hoard of Visitors to West Point. Senator Garland and Representative Phillips declare that the mingling of the rue - i subject to drawbacks which no legishi .iii cancontrol. Senator Edmunds is of opinionthat the standard of admission ought to beraised; and Representatives McKintcy andPelton hold views directly to tho contrary.Senator Garland presents a bill providingthat hereafter no otlieer above the rank ofColonel shall be assigned to duty at theacademy.The apportionment bill introduced inthe House by Representative Cox, of NewYork, lixes the number of Representativesat Bui, and apportions them among States asfollows: Alabama, 8; Arkansas, 5; California, r; Colorado, 1; Connecticut, 4; Delaware, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia, 9; Illinois,10; Indiana. V; Iowa, 10; Kansas, 0; Kentucky, lit; Louisiana, (i; Maine, 4; Maryland, (i; Massachusetts, 11; Michigan, 10;Minnesota,.'); Mississippi, 7; Missouri, 13;Nebraska,:!; Nevada, 1; New Hampshire,2; New Jersey, 7; New York, 81; NorthCarolina, 8; Ohio, 10; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, it!; Rhode Isand, 2; South Carolina,0; Tennessee, 9; Texas, 10; Vermont, 2; Virginia, 9; West Virginia, 4, and Wisconsin,8. As compared with the present numberofmembers this bill makes the following lossesand gains: Arkansas, California, Iowa,Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina andAVcst Virginia gain 1 each; Kansas gains 3;Texas. 4; Minnesota and Nebraska gain 2each; Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire,Maine, 1nd!ana, Tennessee, Florida and Vermont lose 1, and New York loses 2.PY the terms of tho treaty with China,dated November 17, 1SS0, Iho Government ofChina agrees (hat the Government of the1'nitcd Slates may, whenever, Lit its opinion,"the coming of Chines.' laborer to the 1'nitcd States, or their resub neo therein, affect,or threaten to affect, tho interests of thatcountry, to endanger the good order of thosaid country, or of any locality within theterritory thereof, mav regulate, limit or suspend such coming or residence, but may notansi lu ciy proimut it. l lie limitation orsuspension shall be reasonable and shall apply only to v. him so who may gotothe 1'nitcdStates as laborers, other classes notbeing included in the limitation.Legislation taken in regard to Chineselaborers will be of such a character only as isnecessary to enforce the regulation, limitation or suspension of immigration, and immigrants bhall not be subject to personalmaltreatment or abuc.'' The fourth articleconcedes that there may be diploma ! representation on the subject of these regulati us. In a word, they are not to be considered as purely municipal, but shall partakeof a certain portion of the international character. ThN treaty and the commercial treaty,negotiated at the same time the main oh) rt of which was to denounce the opiumiratlic will in all probability be ratified bythe S nate, and then I'oii'.'rcsS will haveovr to regulate the coming of Chineselaborers.PERSONAL AND GENERAL.A iioiIriblk triple, murder was committed during tho night of tho 17th, nearPlain City, in Madison County, O., tho victims being Mrs. Matilda Scott, a coloredwidow, her daughter, aged 22, and adoptedson, aged 14, named Charles Ufwln , M;three had their brains boaton out with a club.Information of the crime was first ascertained from a colored man named RobertGarnett, who camo Into town and reportedthe affair in an excited manner. He was atonce suspected of being the murderer findplaced Under arrest. Garnett formerlyworked on the Scott place, and three monthsago left in anger because the widow wouldnot rent him tho ftirirt."In Guilford Township, Jo DaviessCounty, 111., the other morning, a 17-year-oldson of Martin F.hredt, a prominent farmer, took tip. a rifle, gitpposcd to.be unloaded,and pointing it at his elder brother, in ted,ordered him, In a Joking manner to get upor he Would sjioot him. The latter, enteringInto the spirit of the Joke, told bis brother tolire away, lie did, taking deadly aim, anda bullet penetrated his brother's neck, passing through and lodging in the base of thebrain, causing instant death.Captain IIenby M. Shreve, of St,Louis, in 182!) Invented and put In operationtho steam snag-boat now in Use upon thoMississippi and tributaries. In 18"4 ho applied to the Government for compensationfor the use of said patent, and since that timetho claim has been energetically pressed,and nine different Congressional committeeshave reported favorably on tho claim. Captain Shrcve died in 1831. His heirs have justreceived the sum of .f-Vttoo awarded uponthe claim by the present Congress.The young wife of Adolph Btiettner,of Detroit, Mich., being advised to take analcoholic sweat bath, placed n saucer full ofalcohol on the floor and deliberately stoodover it without taking any precautions relative to her clothing, which took fire. Thounfortunate woman was terribly burned,aud alive at last accounts, but in a criticalcondition.Miss Bkssie Werts, daughter ofWilliam Werts, living near Prosperity, Newberry County, S. C, was brutally assaultedand murdered the other evening while goingfrom her brother's house to her home. Twonegroes were arrested on suspicion, andlodged in the guard-house. They confessedtheir guilt, and at night a large body of mentook them out to lynch them. One was shotto death where the crime was committed;the other made his escape, but was subsequently recaptured and hanged near Prosperity by a crowd of whites and blacks.A mo lumber lire occurred at Michigan City, Ind., on the 19th. The principallosers are Peck & Son, $70,000, and Wilson,Martin & Co., $13,000 the former insuredfor $35,000, tho latter for $12,000.Two more fatal co.vsting accidentswere reported on the 20th. At Woodruff,N. J., Harrison White was almost instantlykilled by his sled striking a stump; and atPort Jefferson, Long Island, Frank Tooker,a college student, and J. Samuel Aekerly, aprinter, were both seriously injured by asimilar accident. It was not thought eithercould recover.By the explosion of a boiler at Dewsbury, York County, England, eleven personswero killed and sixteen injured.TiiEyouu son of a farmer namedLongwell, who lives eight miles from Hannibal, Mo., shot a companion named Harveywith a revolver with which ho was playing,causing death almost instantly,Russia ville, Harvard County, Ind.,had a $25,000 fire on tho night of the 19th,supposed to have been of incendiary origin.The regular Milwaukee passengertrain on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. PaulRailroad, on the night of the 19th, ran Into adelayed accommodation train near Glen Oaks.The most seriously injured of the passengers were Mr. and Mrs. Miller, of Liberty-ville, Cook County, III., and Mrs. A. 15.Cook, of Chicago, neither of whom waslikely to recover.The Lancashire (Eng.) coal minersto the number of 50,000 arc on a strike. Disturbances are feared, and a regiment of Hussars, has been dispatched to the scene of thostrike, to be ready for any emergency thatmay nrise.A fatal railway accident occurredon tho morning or the uist, on tne t ntcago,Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Tho express train from Council liluffs was thrownfrom tho track by a broken rail, near PondCreek, III., three passenger cars being badlywrecked and one of them burned, causedby tho overturning of a stove. All tho passengers In the forward car were more or lessinjured, and one, an old lady, Mrs. King, ofWyandotte, O., was so badly burned beforebeing extricated from the wreck that shedied within a short time. Eight other passengers were badly injured, but none, it wasthought, fatally.Lemuel Freeman, aged 22, bookkeeper for Sawyer, Goodman & Co., lumberdealers, Chicago, accidentally shot himselfwhilo dressing to make a call upon a younglady to whom he was engaged to be married.Ho died a few minutes afterward.Frank Meyeh & Co.'s furniture factory, Clinton and Secor Streets, Chicago,burned on the 21st. A falling wall buried anumber of firemen in the ruins. CaptainEdward Murphy, Captain Joseph Donahue,James Conway, Wm. H. Van (tsdel, JamesTobin and Tom Howard wero all seriously,and probably most of them fatally, injured.Eight or ten others received minor injuries.Ei. 15ackis, a prominent young attorney of Independence, Iowa, shot himselfand fet dead upon the grave of his youngwife, recently buried, lie was missing forseveral days before his body was discovered. Fannie XEriiEit, aged 17, committedsuicide at Brownsville, Neb. The youngman to whom she was engaged to be marriedhad prove .1 false to her.E. A. Sothekn, actor, tho famouspersonator of Lord Dundreary, died in Loudon on the 21st.William Van Rlarcom, a farmer otGeneva, Mich., killed his wifeand then committed suicide. Intemperance and familytroubl. s are assigned as the causeAlonzo Boni, an engineer on theWabash Road, Jumped from his engine nearCecil, ind., to avoid a collision, and was instantly killed. His lireman stuck to the engine and escaped injury.Frank Hester was hanged at Danville, 111., on the 21st, for the murder of biswife in Aui'iist lat.CiKM.itAi. SiiK.uiDAN and three members of his Staff are in New Mexic-i, engagedon a tour of inspeetinn of the military posts.CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.Jan. 17. In tho Senato.tho Indian Appropriation bill was reported. The bill passednppiopriuting $2X),0U0 for the puiehnno of cuptiiln real cstuto of the Kieeilmeu's Savings kTrust Cutnpunv lit WuMihikton; ulsn, tlio ltllfoi the relief o'f .;en. (triU A motto! td laynshbs tho regular nvuer, tint Unit 1 1 n 1 lid ay liilf,mid take up tlin Kellogg ease, was antagonizedby tho Republicans, hnil eiiongli Democratsvoted In Mio negative to defeat the proposition It was eoinmitteo diiy In lh llonso(und very little of perioral publta Interest was introduced except a resdlotion by Mr. Newberry (It., Mich.)providing tor a liiich joint commission on thepart of the I'nited states nnil tirent Itritain toreconsider tho Halifax llsbeiy award ami InVesliiuo tho alleged false and f riiuilulentproofs upon which that aw ard was niiido. ThoSpeaker mid before the House a communication from tho Secretary of the Interior, transmitting tho report of'the Supcrtntriident ofthe Cen-us, which shows the total populationot the United states to be .'ilt.iw.scii. Mr. Coxthen introduce (in Apportionment bill,which llxes tho iinnilier ot Uepresoiitativesat :tol, and it was referred with eonniiimleiiliivti tn ihn Commit I oo on Census. Mr. Ford((Jr., Mo.) mid Sir. Springer (IV, 111.) introduced resolutions directing the Committee onI'ost-ollices to Inquire into tho expediency ofconstructiiiK Government lines of telegraphmid to report a bill tor that purpose. Undera suspension of the rules a bill passed for(pili ting titles of settlers on tho lies Mollieslilver lands in the state of low aiJax. 18. The I5cli Ilalliday Claims billcame up In tho Senate as tho rogulnr ofrlctfind was llnnlly passed 3.1 to lit the compensation being llxed nt $100,000, which was thelowest amount of the various Bums named,tho highest being $"00,000 In the House,Mr. Sparks (I)., 111.), Chairman of thoCommittee on Military A Hairs, reportedback adversely a bill to place U. S.tirant on the retired list of thoArmy. Mr. MeCook (tt., N. Y.) submitted nminority report which Mgcther with the bill,was referred to the Comini'teo ot the Wholeon the private calendar. The Naval Appropriation bill was reported. The Funding billwas completed in committee, reported to thoHouse, and the mum iiicslum ordered ontlm bill mid ninouduicnts. w ltbout coining to a vote the House adjourned,Tyo nniount of bonds authorized to be Issuedunder the act in JUHI.OdO.OiiO, hearing three perfont, interest, redeiunnbln after live and payable ten yi urs from date of issue; nlso ceriiili ntes to" the mnotint of $;;(Ki,00O,0o0, bearingsnuje interest, redeemable after ouo year andpayable in ten veins. The Secretary of thoTreasury is wdered to puy on boiids'acemedduring the veiir Issl all silver dollars of 41'igrains and nil gold over $50,000,000 now heldIn the Treasury for redemption purposes. Thothree per cor. bonds authorized by the actare to he thvonly bonds receivable nit securityforimtioiutl Panic circulation.Jan. I'J. In the Senate, a bill to relievothe political disabilities of Richard Fatherly,who was Military Storekeeper at I.ittlo Itoc k,Avk., at the breaking out of the rebellion, waslejected by n vote of 30 to IK not the neecsjHar two iliinls. A committee was appointedto 'whom were referred the various hills introduced relntivo to tho pleiiro'.piieuiuoniaUnd other infectious diseases of nnimalshi the House the various amendmentsto tho Funding bill were disposod of and thobill then pessed yeas, i:c; nays, li'i. All thoamendments wero agreed to us adopted incommittee, with tho exception ot that providing that hftoru any of the bonds or certilleales authorized by this act are issued, theSecretary of the Treasury shall pay on bondsaccruing during the year Issl all silverdollars,midiill gold over $iiO .000,000 now in the Treasury for r domption purposes.Jan. 20.-In tho Senate, Mr. McDonaldcalled up the resolution offerod by him lastsession for tho appointment of a standingcommittee on the rights of women citizens,and made a speech in advocacy thereof.Upon motion of Mr. Davis, of West Virginia,the resolution was referred to the Committeeon holes. Tho proceedings wero witnessedby a lurgo (lelenation from tho Woman's Suffrngc Association, who occupied eenta In thegallerv. Tho F'undinif 1)111 wreceived from too House, anu referredto the Committee on Finance.The regular order being the bill to provide forallotment of land in severalty to Indians onvarious lcserviitions, und to extend the protection o' tho laws of States tind Territoriesover Indians and for other purposes, was takenup, and occupied the reinainderof the day....The Naval Appropriation bill was consideredin committee, reported to the House, andpassed exactly as reported from the Committee on Appropriations. The amount appropriated is il 4,4til,0O0.Jan. 21. In tho Senate, Mr. Logan endeavored to obtain inimodiate considerationof the bill which he olferod as a minority report, to place (ienernl (Jraut on tho Army retired list, olijei lion vvng made und it was laidover. The Indian Apimmiiation bill passed.'I he Senate committee added $71,000 to theblllns it ciiine from the House. The Senate ndioiirned till Monduv The House passedthe Senate bill for tlio retirement of dcneriilord with tho rank and pay of Mainr-Uoiieral1 hn contested Massachusetts election case ofl.ovnton UL'nniHt Loringcniticup, nml tho ma,joritv resolution, in favor of tin) sitting mombcr, Loilng, was agreed to without division.LITE NEWS ITEMS. -A most terrible accident to an expresstrain took place on the New York, LakeKrie & Western Railroad, at an early houron the morning of the 23d, at Tioga Center,near Oswego, N. Y. The breaking of an axlfon the locomotive whilo going ata high rato of speed caused a concussion which - wrecked the entire trainwith the exception of the rear sleepers,which fortunately became uncoupled and sowere saved from destruction. The postalcar, next to the locomotive, turned completely over, the combustiblo material withwhich it was filled caught fire from theoverturned lamps, and the wholecar was soon in flames. There wero fourpostal clerks at work in the car, whose escapewas cut off by the locked doors and they wereliterally roasted to death. They were DanielII. Scybolt, of Mount Hope, N. Y.; JosephItcidcnger, of F.ltnira, N.Y.; George W.Ingraham, of Binghamton,N. Y., and Henry1!. Fox, of New York. II. C. Brewet, express messenger, met a similar fate by theburning of the express-car. A number ofpassengers and employees were injured bythe concussion, but none it was thoughtfatally.Dr. Rudolph Sciiarlach and hisson Herman, of Mexico, Mo., w ere both rundown and almost instant ly killed by a trainwhile walking along the Chicago & Altontrack on their way home to dinner on Sunday, the 2.'!d. They had Jirst stepped fromone track to avoid a train coming towardthem, when another train backed down unperceived from the opposite direction, crushing them beneath its wheels. The Doctorwas f0 years old and his son had justreached 21.Daniel Blake, second clerk of thesteamer Annie P. Silver, was shot and Inetautly killed on the 22d, by an insane passenger named Kirk Meruit, as the boat wasnearing New Madrid. Merch got on at Memphis and bought a ticket to New Madrid.He became very sick soon after getting onboard und was given Highest attention. Justbefore reaching New Madrid lie rushed outon deck with his valise in one band and a revolver in tho other, and insisted dhathe had been carried past his destination.Meeting Wake he first tired at him, the bailstriking him in the forehead; he then aimedat the pilot, but Captain Silver seized themaniac and after a desperate struggle disarmed him. In the scullle the revolver wasdischarged, the ball striking one of the Captain's lingers and grazing the pilot's head.Merch is a farmer and resides near NewMadrid, where he has the reputation of being an industrious and quiet citizen. Theiiiuidered ni iu was about 20 years old and arcsiib nt of St. Louis.Tiik Senate was not in session on tht22d. Ti'e llou-e devoted the day to consideration of bills on the private calendar.OCCURRENCES OP INTEREST.Tho " I.coiurl Boy."Nrw Yohk, Jnnunry 12.Pitor. GiMiniR IIUNiiv Fox, In a lecture onkln diseases id the College of Physicians andSurgeons, exhibited as an Illustration tbs"Leopard Hoy." After the1 Professor had explained that tho color of dilferuiit raoes depended on the atrioitnt of pigment containedih tho skin, the boy, a young neyro about elevOn years old, was lot In. Ho Was scantilydressed. His b dy Is mottled with a patch ofwhite skin. Prof. Fox said that tho whitespots had enlarged considerably sinco his firstexamination of thu boy tbroe yoars ago, andIt was safe to predict that the process wouldfco on until transformation wou'd bo comblotod. The lad. In responeto questions, saidthat he was black at birth, imd that white spotsbegan to appear wheu he was tUreo yuan old.He suffered no pulri.m rAn Overwhrlmliit Batn Storm.Thk ilnizlllan colony of I'lumenau, largolypeopled by sottlori -trow Cftmaiiy,: has metwith serious disaster in tho shape of nti overwhelming tropical rain storm. Dr. Dlumenauwrites to tho s'ddr and .Ifosci Zitiimj that a doluge burst upon the settlers at three o'clockon the morning of tho 'i.'dof September, andlasted until eleven at night. Ovor twonty persons were drowned or lost their lives otherwiseduring Its continuance. In a neighboring sottlement, eighteen lives wero lost, and doubless many more In other places. Hundreds ofhouses were destroyed, briduros washed away,and streets and roads so utterly devastated ashardly to leavo a traoe of their previous existence. Dr. lllumenau's valuable library andprivate papers and manuscripts were irreparably damaged, and bis botanical garden, thathad been carefully cultivated for twenty-flveyears, was.partly uprooted and destroyed, andpartly buried lu mud. Most of tho colonistsaro destitute.The Fuii'jh: Bill.Wasiiinuton, January 19.Poi.lowino Is tho full text of tho Fundlntfbill as finally passed by the Houso to-day:Section 1. lie It enacted, etc. That all exIstlng provisions of the law authorizing the refunding of the National debt shall apply toany bonds of the United States bearing a higher rate of interest thnn4!4 percent, per annumwhich may hereafter become redeemable; provided th it. In lieu of the binds authorized tobe issued by tho net of July It, 1870, entitled"An act to authorl.o tho refunding Of theNational debt," and acts amendatory thereto, and tho certificate authorized, by theact or February 2H, 1!9, entitled "An net toautnonze too issue or cortmcales or uoposit in aid of the refunding Ot thepublic debt," tho Secretary of the Treasury ishereby authorized to Issue bonds in an amountnot exeoeding f liX),0,0X), which shall bear Intercut at the rato of threo per C'nt, per annuin, redeemable at the pleasure of theUnited States after live years, and payubloten years from date of issue, and also certificates to tho amount of f.T00,iiO.O00, in denominations of tlO, 20 or 1 3), either registered orcoupon, bearing Interest at the rate of threoper com. per annum, rodcbmablo at the pleasure of the United States oftcr ono year, andpayable In ten years from da to. Tho bondsand certificates shall bo in all other ropoets oflike character, and subject to tho samo provls.Ions as the bonds authorised to bo issuedby tho act of July 14, ISTO, entitled "Annet to authorize tho refunding of thoNational dobt," and acts amendatory thereto;provided, that nothing in this act shall be soconstrued as to authorlzo an increase of thepublic debt; and provided, further, that Interest upon the slx-per-cent. bonds hereby authorized to be refunded shall ceaso at theexpiration of thirty days after notice that thosame have been designated by the Secretaryof tho Treasury for redemption.Skc. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury IIhereby authorized, lu process of refunding tbBNational debt, to exchange, at not less thanpar, any bonds or certificates herein authorlzed for any of the bonds of tho United Statosoutstanding and uncalled bearing a higherrnto of Interest than 4'i per cent, por annum,and on bonds so redeemed the Secretary of thoTreasury may allow to holders tho differencebetween the interest on such bonds from thodate of exchange to the time of maturity, andthe Interest for a like period on the bonds orcertiflcate issued; but none of the provisionsof this act shall apply to the redemption orexchange of nny of the bonds Issued to thoPacific Railway Companies, and tho bondB soreceived and exchnmrc 1 in pursuance of thoprovisions of this uoi shall be canceled auddestroyed.8t:c. 3. Authority to raise bonds and certificates to tho amount necessary to carry out theprovisions of this aid Is hereby granted, andthe Secretary of tho Treasury Is hereby authorized and directed to mako suitable) rulesand regulations to carry this act into effect:provided, that tho expenses of preparing, issuing, advertising and dlsp ising of tho bondsand certificates authorized to bo lssuod shallnot exceed one-fourth of one per cent.Seo. 4. That tho Secretary of tho Treasury Ishereby authorized. If in his opinion it shall become necessary, to use not exceeding f50,000,000 of the standard gold and sliver coin In thoTreasury ia tho redemption of tho five and slx-per-cent.bonds of I he United States, authorizedto bo refunded by tho provisions of this act,and he may, at any time, apply the surplusmonoy lu the Treasury, not othorwiso appropriated, or so much thereof as he may considetproper, to the purchase or redemption ofUnited Statos bonds or certificates; provided,that the bonds and certificates so purchasedor redeemed shall constitute no ourtof theSinking fund, but shall be canceled.Sue. 5. From and after tho first day of Muy,1881, the three-por-oent. bonds authorized bytho first section of this act shall be the onlybonds roccivuble as security for National-bunkcirculation, or as security for the safe-keepingand prompt payment of public money deposited with such bunks; but whon any nuchbonds deposited for tho purpose aforesaidshall be designated for purchase or redemption by tho Secretary of tho Treasury, thebanking association depositing tbo same shallhave tho risrht to substitute other Ibsucs ofbonds of tho United States 1n lieu thereof;provided, that no bond upon which interestbos oeased shull be accepted or shall booontlnued on deposit as security for tho circulationor fortho safo-keoping of tho public moneyand In caso tho bonds so deposited shall not bewithdrawn, as provide! by law, within thirtydays after lntorost has ceased thoroon, thebanking association depositing the same shallbo subject to the liabilities and proceedingson tho part of tho Comptroller provided for inSeo. 5,244 of the Uovlsod Statutos of tho UnitedStates; and provided, furthor, that Seo. 4 ofthe act or June 0, 1874, entitled "An act fixingthe amount of United States notes, providingfor a redistribution of the National Hank currency and for other purposes," bo, and thesame is horeby, repealed, and Sees. 5,159 and5.100 of tho Revised Statutes of tho UnitedStates be, and tho same aro borehy, re-enacted.Sec. 6. That this aot shah tie known as "TheFunding Act of 1831," and all acts and parts ofacts inconsistent with this act are hereby ropealed.The Episcopalians of St. Ioui8clubbed together lately, hired a theaterfor a week, paid the manager the salaryof the players, selecting, of course.moral play, and at the close turnedover the profits to tho local charity forthe sake of which this new departurewas made.Aiic.stol ii'.tic pray mice with shinyHie-like eyes oi jet was intely seenupon a Quaker gray plush bonnet wornby a weli-known la ly m-llmer in Parts.mil IND POINT.Look upward in tho city and see thonetwork of wires. Then you will understand why it is natural that there shouldbo so ninny rumors ia tho air. BostonTranscript.A red-headed man recently attendeda masquerade wrapped from his head tohis heels in a brown cloth and with hishead bare. He represented a lightedcigar. Syracuse Herald,After a Milwaukee doctor had put Insix months' time doctoring a man fortapeworm, a darning-needle worked outof the patient's shoulder. The doctormade up his mind that something hadto come, if the man lived long enoughsDetroit tree 1'ress." You aro in time," said the peda-irogue to ono of his pupils, who enteredas the last stroke of the bell was dyingaway. "Bad grammar," said the lad,"and bad spelling, also ; for there's no'u' in time." And now that boy ishaving a bad spell also but not likewise. Mcriden Recorder.There are none so deaf as those whowon't hear. 41 Father," said a youngreprobate, pitching his voice so the oldgentleman would be sure to hear, "letme have end hundred dollars P" "EhP"said the parent, inclining his car. . " Letmo have two hundred dollarsP'1 "Iheard you quite distinctly the first time,my son, quite distinctly." Few HavenRegister."I'll tako a roll," said the saw-logto the baker, as it went down tho hill.Stcubcnvtlle Herald. " And I'll tako aloaf," the saw said while they were rolling it back. Williamsport BreakfastTable. But tho log fooled 'em whilethey were rolling it by taking a turnover. Richmond Baton. Please doughnut jumble these statements, gentlemen.Yawcob Stratlls. Reading such punsmight incite men to do waille aots.Rome Sentinel." Yes, I'm going to skate," he answered, as his teeth rattled together andhis ear3 stood out like sheet-iron medals."Thev tried to stuff me with a storv ofa bov who froze to death on tho rink atthe park, but I wouldn't take it." " Didone freeze to death?" "Naw! Cometo find out about it, he just froze hisears and nose and fingers and toes, andthe rest of Ids body wasn't touched atall ! They can't scare me with any oftheir tales of horror!" Detroit FreePress.SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.According to an English patent,mixture of locust beans (Ceralonia siliqua) and tares Vicia sativa) may bemade to "yield an infusion closely resembling Mocha coffee.It seems that the application of a tuning-fork to the web of the garden spiderwill not only entice the insect toward itbut even cause the spider to act towarda fly drowned in a repulsive substanceas though the fly were alive and withoutso disagreeable a sauce.Pampas grass is a very agreeablething to everybody possessing what impressionists delight to call, in their ownpeculiar and vague way, the artistic instinct. Some farmers in Southern California have found that this beautifulgrass can be grown with very littiotrouble and sold for decorative purposesat a large profit. One of these men putthree-quarters of an acre under thegrass, and was able to sell each head orplume at two and a half cents, nettingabout $500 ; another sold all he raised atseven and a half cents a plume Thisindustry is growing. Ten thousandplumes were disposed of in SouthernCalifornia last year. Europe could lakean almost unlimited number of them.At tho Greenwich Observatory a veryingenious Instrument is in use to recordautomatically the duration of sunshinethrough the day. It consists of a glassglobe hung within a hemispherical cupof slightly greater diameter, the cup being lined with a strip of paper coveredwith stencil ink. The globe is entirelyexposed upon the roof, and, while thesun is smuitig, acts as a uurumg-giuss,and causes a continuous line to bo madeupon the paper. This line will bebroken, however, as often as the sun'slight is obscured by clouds, and thus arecord of the amount of sunshine for theday will be obtained.The dangerous oronerties of carbonicoxide have long been known an atmosphere which contains only a little ofthis gas may produce poisoning anddeath, bome exact experiments on thissubject have now been described to thoi rench Academy by M. Orenant. lieconcludes that a man, or one of the lower animals, compelled to breathe forhalf an hour in an atmosphere containing only l-779th of carbonic oxide absorbs the gas in such quantity that aboutone-half of the red blood corpusclescombine with the gas and become incapable of absorbing oxygen ; in an atmosphere containing 1,1440th of carbonic oxide about a fourth of the redcorpuscles combine with this gas.An Emperor's Little Joke.The late Emperor Nicholas happenedone dav to be engaged in inspecting aState Penitentiary in ono of the provm-cial seats of government, andtooK it into his head to question some of the convicts respecting the nature of the offenses for which they were sufferingpunishment. "What aro you here for?"he asked of one. "1 am innocent, imperial Majesty," replied the prisoner,falling on his knees ; "a victim of falsewitness! A church was robbed a beadle knocked on the head the peasantscaught hold of me, and I knew nothingabout it." Similar replies were givenby other prisoners. The Emperor, ob-viouslv bored by these successive prestations of guiltlessness, cast a glancealonff tho line of prisoners until his eyefell upon a ragged, wretched-lookingtrvpsv, whom he beckoned forward withtho words, "Of course you, too, are hereon a fa'se charge?" "Not a bit of it.vour Maiestv." replied tho Tsigan ; "itis all fair and square as far as I am oon.cerned. I stole a pony from a tradesman." "Stolo a pony, did you?" saidthe Czar, with a laugh ; and then, ad-dre.sinz the governor of the prison withwell-assumed 8ternnes, "Turn thateood-for-nothing rascal instantly out oidoors. 1 cannot allow him to remain aminute longer in such honorable andvirtuous company, lest he pervert allthese good, innocent people!"Our Young Folks." SOME BODY."A wonpehkim, child Is Augusta (Ir.icu,With over u smile on her rosy lace;Ah, if we only as much could sayOf somcbodi else not a inilo uway IAugusta Grneo is a lady sweet,aiiu loves lo no always nloo aud neat;Slit would not worry for all tho worldWbou her face Is washed, or hair Is curlod.She does not scream when she has to goUp stairs to lied; oh dear me, no!Her round eyes stare In mildsurprlsoAt somebody clso's horrid orios.Kk never would stamp her foot, and say,"l wiiif and "1 won t! that s tmncuoauway:Nor teaso for her Sunday shoos and hut,lis oniy tne Dad littio gins do that.If sho had a baby, do you supposotShe would lot it fall on its tender uoso,Or Uing It awuy behind miiio chair.Then go fur a walk and leave it there?Nay, I rather think that Augusta GraceMight shrink, ashamod, to fill somebody'spiaceWould prefer to bo If ono or tho other .good wax doll than u naughty in other.Julia il. Liana, in l'onti comjxmon.THEMESSENu'EU BOYS AT THECAPITOL.A LAI) who visits tho City of Washington for tho first time, and looks downfrom the galleries of the House of Representatives or of tlio Senate on thobusy scene below, will bo sure to rindhis eye attracted by groups of brightlooking and neatly-dressed boys moving hither and thither about the Moor,speaking familiarly with this and thatgreat man, or . amusing themselves ontlio steps of the V ice -rresident s or oftho Speaker's platform, and he will perhaps regard these boys witii somethinglike envy all the more when told thatthey receive about two dollars and seventy-fivecents a day, during the sessions of Congress, to pay them fo- having such a good time.Possibly our lad would not regard thopicture as so pleasant if he knew howburdensome are the duties of these boys,and how exceedingly well they earn. thomoney paid them. There are nearlythirty of them attached to tho House,and half as manv to tho ijenato. Theirages run from nine years upward, somenumbering twice as many Hummers;and it is not by nny means tho oldestwho are the brightest und tho mostfavored. They are of respectable families; some of them aro nejihews ofMembers of Congress a Member ouce,indeed, had such questionable tasto asto procure tho appointment of his ownson; and some oi them have been knownin alter years to become Member themselves. Tho recently chosen Senatorirom Maryland is doubtless proud to remember that ho himself was oncepago. Although in two or threo instances these boys have been elected totheir places instead of appointed, thovaro usually appointed by tho Sergeatit-at-Arms of courso on tho rocoinmon.dation and through tho influence of thoCongressmen and they tiro under hiscontrol. The old custom of appointingonly orphan boys is no lonrror adheredto. Iho boy who fell over the balustrade, and wa3 made a pago by specialresolution of tho benato, is a very ex-ceptional caso probably his favoritesong thereafter was, "Such a gettingup stairs, l no er did see.Iho pages wear no uniform, or regulation clothes, or badges of any sort.Thoy aro required to present themselveslor work at nine o clockjintbo morning,although Congress does not meet tilltwelve, and they are not dismisseduntil adjournment for the dav takosplace. They put the desks of tlioMembers in order, lilo for each thobills and papers which aro strewn aboutin confusion, then go to tho Documentrooms and work there, helping to putaflairs m shape; aud then present themselves at twelve in the great chambersof legislation to answer the clapping ofthe Members' and Senators' hands, andattend to their countless Wants. Nowthoy are sent hunting for some bookthat is needed, for some man, now fora glass of water, now they tako a message from ono Member to another at adistance, from ono House to the other,and sometimes to ladies in tho gallery;they fetch a cup of tea into the Cloakroom; fetch tho hat and stick out of it;they distribute mail by the armful;they struggle into sight behind piles ofpalm-leaf lans big as they are themselvos, which are soon coolinr tho hotair, if it bo a late session; and duringtho nights preceding the closo of thosession they do not know what sleep is,but are worn out with running andwaiting. Thus it will be seen that theyaro on their feet with but very littiointermission, running and tumblingovereach other in their eagerness to please;but they seem happy and good-naturedthrough it all, and when they do sitdown it is on the steps of iho presidingoflicer's desk, where thoy are usuallytickling or punching or teasing eachother as if they had nothing elso to do.and were passing away tho time.Sometimes during a recess of Congress you may come upon them in awwer room assembled in a body, amimic Senate, ono of them in the chair,und another making a speech, and Mr.Blaine, and Mr. Conkling, and Mr,Bayard and tho rest aro being imitatodto tho life. It is in some contrast tothese gay rogues that one sees acrippledand dwarfed little hunchback outsidetho Hall of Representatives, openingand shutting a door for the passer inhopes of the copper3 or tho nickel thatmay be tossed him, although ho doesnot bog. At night a littio goat carriage comes for him, and he drives oil.Tho pages whom wo have describeddo not leave the Capitol during thohours of their servico, and carry nomessages beyond the doors. For outside work there nre three riding pages,who are furnished with horses, andwho go to tho various Departments, thoExecutive Mansion, or on other of theoutside errands of the legislators. Audtheirs is not exactly the pleasant horse-oacn naiug mat looks so attractive,but, on tho contrary, it is hard andweary work, cold in the winter, audburning under a fierce sun in the summer, leaving them meanwhile as badlyoil as John Gilpin.Many ot these youth are appointedbecause there is some great need inthpir families, or have some pitiabl'!circumstances in their history. Thiscurly-headed littio fellow is the onlysupport of a mother and younger brothers aud sisters; there is ono who takescare of a paralyzed father, the only relative he has in tho world, going homo,after his hard work, lo make life aspleasant as he can for him who cannever do anymore work; hero is another whoso little houso is kept for himby a child-sister, who looks for his stepat night with solicitude. Most of themhave somebody beside thomsel res to takoa share of their earnings.Beyond thoir regular pay, there arovarious perquisites and foes whichswell their incomo considerably. Thuttthey may often bo seen slipping nn openbook, with a bit ot blotting-paper,under the noso of some member who issilting at his desk; it is an album forsomebody who wants tho signaturesof all those statesmen which thoBtatcsmen kindly give, but . whichnevertheless aro not always easy to ,obtain, owing to the diUieulty 'of.',unding individuals in their 'seats, a'all of tho Congressmen aro by no meansin constant attendance, many of. thonibeing busy in committee-rooms, crlounging in cloak-rooms, or lunching,or following tlio bent of thoir inclinations in other ways, and seldom comingin after roll-call, save to bear a ncraiueuspeech, or to vote on measures withwhich they aro already familiar, eitherfrom the reading of tho daily journal ofproceedings, or in tho committee-room,or by the word of mouth of others. Forevery album that they thus ml witlisignatures the boy3 reecivo ten dollarsfrom tho eager visitor of tho Capitol,and they fill a good many during thofear.In another way they also sometimesearn an additional penny, ror anerany gentleman on tho flor has made aparticularly strong speech, tho members on his side of tho questiou arowont to subscribo for tho printing ofthousands of copies of the speech, to bosent broadcast into their districts; thopages therefore go about with subscription papers, and they nro allowed twodollars for every thousand of thospeeches that are taken.If the boys of whom wo are speakingare very bright, they are apt to bo,spoiled, as in such caso tho Membersand Senators tako pleasure in indulgingthem to some degree. But there are .not many, it may be imagined, who arothus injured. Some of them, indeod,are as careless as tho blowing wind;these have no awe or reverence in theircompositions; tho great men with whomthey aro brought into contact are notgreat men to them, but simply folkswho send them on errands, and tho'directions given them go in ouo ear andout tho other as we all know neverhappens with boys anwhero else. Ono,littio chap dispatched to the Documentroom for tho "Fortification bill" asks fortho "Mortification bill"; another, sentfor tho "Census," asks for tho "Ascension bill"; still another, insisisting ontho "Compulsive Capacity bill," andreturning without it, is told that ho wassent for nothing of tho kind, but forthat on "Compulsory Pilotage," whereupon ho presently comes back to saythat there isn't any bill on "pul.sivopolitics." Tho samo youngster askedtho Document Clerks for tho " bill fortho Suppression of Supremo Literature." A littio " compulsive capacity"would have been good for this urchin,were it to bo obtained as easily as wa3thought by that gentleman whosodaughter lacked capacity, as her teacher said. "Got it, madam," said ho"get it; she shall want for nothing thatmoney can buy her." To tho samoclass with those scatter-brained urchinsbelonged tho littio follow who oncebrought into the Congressional Librarya note signed by one of the most powerful "Sons of Thunder" in the Senate,and which wo begged tho Librarian'spardon for reading as it lay a momenton tho desk besiile us: " William II.Turner wants "Tho Headless Horseman; or, The Scalp-Hunter.' I askthat ho may havo it under tho rules oftho Library." iBut to offset such idlo fellows ns thoreader of "The Headless Horseman"who cortainly could do no better thanhunt for a "scalp," and ahead with it,'too there aro other paos who make it .their business to understand theirduties thoroughly, and two or threowho evou go so far as to read for themselves every bill that is introduced, tofollow its fortunes, to be able to tell thoperson that asks just where it is in itsnrooress to oassae or defeat, and whocan always bo relied on by any meinourwho has boon absent or out of tho wayto let him know exactly what has beendone and said in tho mean timo, andhow tho vote stands on this question ortho other. It would bo no wonder ifboys of this sort should bo indulged;and there is littio danger of spoilingsuch good material. Theso boys arolearning the business of legislating, andif they wish, will, in their turn, comeback some day to mako tho laws.But careless or faithful, their originfaces and light ways are a pleasantsight to soo in all tho throng of bustling,noisy men; and, as one looks at themslipping about on thoir countlesserrands, one feels as if tho boys themselves bore some small part in the workof governing tho country. HarrietPreseolt Spolford, in Harper's YoungPeople.Judge Clifford, of the UnitedSupreme Court, in his disordered mental state labors under tho impressionthat cases are referred to him for opinions. Last week the Court receivedfrom him nn opinion on one of thoquestions beforo it. Tt was writtenverbatim as he had dictated it to hissecretary. Upon examination it wasfound that while tho opinion was incoherent it embraced many points ofsound law put in a way which showedthat Judgo Clifford, notwithstandinghis condition, retained much of what hehad learned by long study and experience. The first Mayor of Now York wasThomas Willet, who was bora In F.ngland in 1611. Ho camo to Massachuaetls when eighteen years old, and in1617 succeeded Miles Standish in thomilitary command of Plymouth Colony.When the English took New York fromthe Hollanders in 16G4 Captain Willetwas chosc i Mayor of the city and administered the Government for twoyears, at the expiration of which ho returned to New England, whore he died.